MetaFilter posts tagged with Plates

Some of the things you wanted to know about the historical shapes of continents but were afraid to ask...

infinite intimation — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:42:53 -0800

Earth Birth between 13 billion years ago and 250 million years after the current year [aka The Future]. a video showing the birth of our earth 13 billion 700 million years ago (13.700.000.000) when the universe was only a white dot in the dark and how our earth will be within 250 million years after (250.000.000) after our actual year. This video can be watched in the Science Natural Museum of Barcelona. [note you can see the back of the earth in the mirror.]

Putting away the dishes at the end of the Iraq War

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:22:56 -0800

With official end of the Iraq War comes the matter of returning Saddam Hussein's plates.

Permission to approach the buffet?

Horace Rumpole — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:41:20 -0800

Learned handmade plates. For all your law-themed collectible plate needs. Some background. Etsy shop.

Put your bowls in that and smoke it!

lalochezia — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:19:44 -0800

Unicycle skills. Note: 40sec YouTube post. More eponysterical subject related material here.

Smash the Plate

Otis — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:09:27 -0800

Why did you pull me over, Officer?

Mayor Curley — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:40:46 -0800

Still Available

Geek Plates

KevinSkomsvold — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 00:28:04 -0800

GEEKPLTS4U. License plates of the geek set and the stories behind them.

Atomic blast licence plates

Mwongozi — Fri, 07 Jun 2002 15:36:19 -0800

Atomic blast licence plates are rejected by state.
"Any reference on a license plate to weapons of mass destruction is inappropriate and would likely offend our citizens."

ATHEIST tag wins!

LuxFX — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:52:09 -0800

ATHEIST tag wins! The State of Florida has ruled that Steven Miles will be allowed to keep his vanity plates. Says Miles, "Actually, we didn't have to fight very hard." Well, you get the ACLU into something, and people start to listen...

The Ship of Fools.

salsamander — Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:44:03 -0800

The Ship of Fools. What an odd tale... and a well-researched bag of symbolic plates to accompany it. Laid out very much like a book (hover in a bottom corner to 'turn' a page) and plenty of side notes to go with the illustrations.

King of the Road:

salsamander — Thu, 01 Mar 2001 08:48:43 -0800

King of the Road: A summary of Oedipus, of course. Who says all that time looking for personalized plates doesn't pay off? Anyone care to find Ulysses?